At one point during the campaign, 56 per cent of Canadians told us the most important ballot question was 'Which party is best able to deal with Donald Trump's threats to Canada?'
That number has since shifted slightly, with a growing share now returning to the 'time for a change' frame. But even among those voters, one in four say they're supporting the Liberals — an indication that Carney has done enough to distance himself from the Trudeau years and offer a 'new Liberal' option that satisfies a chunk of the change-seeking electorate.
Mark Carney emerged at a moment where I think more and more Canadians were looking for somebody with his experience, with his demeanor, with his approach to politics. That was very much of the moment.
Almost everything about this campaign is without precedent. For the first time in Canada's history, our closest geographic, economic and security partner has placed us in the crosshairs, disrupting our sense of economic and physical security.
Many people in Canada have associated a lot of the language, a lot of the terminology, speaking points, that Pierre Poilievre uses to exactly what Donald Trump has been saying over the last how many years.
Americans might find this as a possible prescription to their future, if they don't want to continue down the path they're going.
How do we deal with this existential threat coming from Donald Trump?
Underneath that question are some of the issues about, do we want to go down this populist path? I think Canadians are pausing and looking and saying, 'No, maybe that's not where we want to take our country,'
